EP09 Joshua Yates My Journey Into Pinball
Episode 9 – Josh Yates (GhostCity Pinball) In this episode of The Pinball Studio Podcast, Sterling sits down with Josh Yates, the owner of GhostCity Pinball out of Savannah, Georgia. Josh shares how...
Highlights
- Godzilla out-earns Deadpool two-to-one at the same location
- Jurassic Park out-earns all other routed games, at a microbrewery location (Two Tides)
- Most operators in Savannah make their money on video poker machines and Georgia lottery devices, not pinball
- Josh purchased his first new-in-box pinball machine only after deciding to start routing games
- Data Star Trek The Next Generation has tons of opto switches requiring significant maintenance
- Theater of Magic made decent money on Josh's route but had constant trunk mechanical issues
- Josh took a five-week road trip visiting pinball venues from Savannah to Texas Pinball Festival
- Game Galaxy in Smyrna, Tennessee was the largest arcade Josh visited on his road trip
Notable quotes
“I thought you were just trying to keep the ball in play... and then all of a sudden this multiball starts and I was like, what is this? And that was the first time I realized that there were objectives in pinball.”
“I didn't know you could own pinball machines. I thought it was just kind of a commercial thing.”
“One's never enough. Like you'll see a deal or something on Craigslist or Facebook Marketplace or now Pinside. And you'll be like, oh, yeah, I can get another project in here.”
“Godzilla out earns it two to one. Really? Yeah. Wow. Yeah. You just need two Godzillas.”
“I mean, it's nice for me because I like to travel and stuff... but I don't think I have space or the inclination to kind of become a major operator in town.”
“Everyone's just like, hey, I'm into pinball. And they're just welcoming you with open arms. It's just kind of a great community everywhere you go, like total strangers.”
Entities
- Go City Pinball· company
- Texas Pinball Festival· event
- Black Hole· game
- Deadpool· game
- Godzilla· game
- Jurassic Park· game
- Star Trek: The Next Generation· game
- Star Wars· game
- Terminator 2· game
- The Addams Family· game
- Theatre of Magic· game
- Georgia Tech· organization
- Nudge Magazine· organization
- Al Newman· person
- Cody Miller· person
- Joshua Yates· person
- Marcos· person
- Neil· person
- Sterling Plays Pinball· person
- Will· person
- Cactus Jacks· venue
- Emoto's Place· venue
- Game Galaxy· venue
- Two Tides· venue
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